FRED HOLMES KENNARD

Residence: 224 William Street, Rochester, N. Y.

Fred Holmes Kennard was born in Sayre, Pa., March 18, 1891, son of Frank Holmes and Carrie (Eddington) Kennard. He attended West High School and Springfield Y. M. C. A. College. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and of Yonnondio Lodge, Number 163, F. & A. M. Entered the service at Buffalo, N. Y., December 14, 1917, at the age of 26 years, in the United States Navy, as Landsman for Quartermaster, Aviation. He was stationed at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida; transferred to receiving ship, Norfolk, January 5, 1918; to Naval Hospital, Hampton Roads, Va., January 25, 1918. He died of cerebro-spinal fever, February 5, 1918, at the Naval Hospital, Hampton Roads, Va. Buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N. Y., February 11, 1918, S. Grave 89, R-150, B.B.

from World War Service Record Rochester and Monroe County, NY, The Du Bose Press, Rochester, NY – published by the City of Rochester, 1924.

The memorial above is in front of the former West High School on Genesee Street in the 19th Ward in Rochester, NY.  The school was renamed after one of its alumni, Joseph C. Wilson, and is now Wilson High School.